Title :
Electrically-driven permeability-controlled optical modulator using Mach-Zehnder interferometer with metamaterial
Author :
Amemiya, Tomohiro ; Kanazawa, Toru ; Ishikawa, Akira ; Myoga, Seiji ; Murai, Eijun ; Shindo, Takatoshi ; Kang, Jiawen ; Nishiyama, Naoto ; Miyamoto, Yutaka ; Tanaka, T. ; Arai, Shigehisa
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
An electrically-driven permeability-controlled GaInAsP/InP optical modulator was experimentally demonstrated using Tri-gate metamaterial structure. An extinction ratio of 6.9 dB was obtained at 1550-nm wavelength with a gate swing of 2-12 V.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical metamaterials; GaInAsP-InP; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; electrically-driven permeability-controlled optical modulator; extinction ratio; gate swing; trigate metamaterial structure; voltage 2 V to 12 V; wavelength 1550 nm; Metamaterials; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Permeability;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
